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Location: Keller, TX | Sad day.
I have been building a kit guitar since March. I am in the final stages. Today I was going to adjust the truss rod to add relief. Turned the wrench about 1/4 turn and the nut snapped off. :(
Since I have already glued the neck and fretboard to the body, how do I replace the truss rod? Do I have to disassemble everything? If so, how do I get the neck off with the least amount of damage to the body? (StewMac 000 kit)
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Damn, sorry to hear about that. Wish I knew a solution for you. Hopefully someone here knows. Best of luck.
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Location: Central Massachusetts | You might try posting over at Kit Guitar Forum .. they seem to do a good job of helping each other through various problems in the process... |
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Location: Keller, TX | Thanks. I posted over there. Hopefully someone will know how to repair this. I have been working since March on this kit. Now I have a 90% completed really expensive lamp. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | I'm sure there's a way to solve this. There is a wealth of information over on Frank Ford's site (frets.com). When you look at some of the repairs he has made, I'm sure there is a way to fix you "lamp".
Good luck. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Now I have a 90% completed really expensive lamp. It's a major award!!.......Frageeeelay
That's a shame Tom.
Reminds me of the time a friend spent hours and hours on a balsa wood model plane. With as much a sense of pride and accomplishment you can have, he took it out to fly. 20 seconds... 10 straight up and 10 straight down. Nothing left but big toothpics. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Stewmac makes a special tool for dealing with a broken truss rod. I forget what it's called or exactly how it works but I remember looking at it and thinking it's one of those "why would I need to invest in this" kind of things. Until you need it. Dave |
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| Here ya go... seen it in action at Howie's..
truss rod repair kit
pretty nifty...
Glenn |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Yup, that's it. Looks like it allows you to ream out a little around the rod, then re-thread the end of the broken rod and attach a new TR nut. Other than start over with a new neck, I can't think of how else to do it. Dave |
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Location: Omaha, NE | And only $230! |
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Location: ranson,wva | its a sonofabitch to seperate the fretboard from the neck and dig the tr out and put in a new one. my national has a broken tr....maybe ill buy one of the tr rescue kits from stewmac someday..jason |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Omaha:
And only $230! Might be a good idea for one guy to buy it and do a time share/rental policy on it, if there is enough interest. Dats alot o moola for a one time thing!! |
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| I nominate Mwoody to staff and maintain the community luthiers guild.. send those confusing tools and parts to him.
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Location: ranson,wva | i nominate my self..lol...2 of my resurections are enroute to canada as we speak....jason |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Or you could buy it, use it, and sell it half price to a fellow OFC member, with the proviso that if he rents it out to another OFC member he charges them half, and gives you the other half. It could be years before you see your money.
Or you could go to your luthier. |
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Location: Keller, TX | Stewmac said I could create an access in the peghead and try to remove it that way. Will probably need one of Woody's famous truss rod covers. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | No problem Tom!
I have reveneered pegheads as well. Let me know what you need. |
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Location: Keller, TX | Snapped off the nut. Drilled a big hole in the peghead. Hammered, yanked, pushed, pulled, oiled, swore, hammered some more.
Finally got the broken rod out. New one slid in much easier. Not much damage, but I'm gonna have to refinish the peghead veneer (Rosewood), and cover the hole with a TRC (thanks Woodster!), and rebuild a new nut.
Thanks to all for your encouragement. I was crestfallen last week when this happened thinking the last 9 months were down the drain. |
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Location: ranson,wva | wtg tom...i knew you could do it...jason |
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Location: south east Michigan | There's not much that a little sweat & cussin' can't fix.
Good job Tom!! |
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Broken Truss Rod